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:woohoo: I got my bags of vermiculite and perlite today, so I'll be experimenting with making different kinds of mixes. The first mix I'm going for is 30-40% vermiculite , 20% perlite and 40-50% sifted through potting soil (those are volume percentages). For the seed starting mix, I'll try...

So, what are the results of the peroxide experiment? :) Or is it still running?

The only ground I have is my neighbours' ceiling! For now, these are exclusively appartment chilies. But I'm not planning on discarding any of them unless they completely croak, I've got enough room and lights/windows a plenty. :D

I know you can use a high frequency sound emitter for some animals. You can't hear it, so it's not a bad solution - I have no idea whether or not it works on cats though... EDIT: Something like this: http://www.safepetproducts.com/cat-stop-cat-repellent-1-cat-repellent-on-the-market.html

Yup, that's what's hapenning to me also - well, they're not really falling off (the little sprouts), they're just...not growing. Yeah, exactly, that's what I'm working on right now... I'm getting vermiculite and perlite today, so I'll be able to make a better mixture and then I'm going to try...

Ok, so I finally got the ph strips and yeah, my soil is definitely basic... Can't really tell what the actual ph is, but it has to be more than 7 because the strips go darker in the destilled water+soil mix than in just the destilled water. Do any of you know what to do in this situation? I've...

When you can flick it and aren't scared of hurting it (too badly)!

The gray "burnt" edges look like fertilizer burn (too much fert), the brown spots in the middle of the leaves look like overwatering plus there's the green stuff that's growing everywhere, the curling might be due to calcium deficiency (try adding some eggshells to the soil)... I wouldn't...

I think leaving the light on 24/7 for the first couple of weeks is supposed to be optimal. But I would do at least 16 hours or more.

As far as I understand it, "organic" would mean you only use what "occurs" naturally - and in the way it occurs. Like - if there's peroxide in rainwater, you use rainwater, not peroxide...if there's nitrogen in poop, you use poop, not some sort of nitrogen fert. :lol:

Hi! Why would they be screwed?

Yeah, plus it looks nice! :cool:

I'm pretty sure peroxide will kill pretty much anything, bacteria, fungi... ...But, it doesn't kill everything everywhere. It has to be in high enough concentration for a sufficient period of time to get into every nook and cranny of the soil. So if you just need it to kill some algae, which...

Yeah, from what I've read you want the ph to be somewhere between 6.2 and 6.5. I've had 0 luck finding a ph kit at my local shops so I had to order it and it's going to be a couple of days before I can check my soil. But, you know, I wouldn't get too excited - if you check out the correlation...

Ok, now I'm noticing an interesting thing... The chili that I posted a photo off with all the scars from the fallen-off leaves - there are new sprouts beginning to grow above the scars. So, it seems to be recovering! :woohoo: And the only thing I did was put it on a 1/4 dose of a general...

Wait...are you trying to tell me the one planted in the ground and the little one in the pot were planted at the same time?! :eek: Wow, that's crazy!!! :crazy: Then there's definitely something going on with the small one - maybe root rot? Maybe try watering it with a 0,1% peroxide solution?

Nice plant, Hittmann. :dance: The little one is very leggy, it's probably not getting enough light. That could be why you're losing leaves - the stem is so thin and long it's probably struggling to get the nutes to the upper levels. Other than that, I'm pretty much still a noob, so I don't...

Yeah, I don't know... The thing is, I've started adding some fert to some of the plants (about 1/4 strength) and they seem to be doing a bit better than their brothers and sisters on a water diet. But I can't say anything conclusive since I only have a small sample (right now 5 babies + 1...

Hey thanks, Siliman, nice post! I don't mind doing a bit of experimenting myself, so I think I'll be trying both the "mainstream" jiffy and your mix. Now I've just got to drag myself to a shop to get all the ingredients! :cool:

No, no, nothing like that. And the other plants seem to be fine with it.